Suspenders



W. H. STEVENS.

10, [919. 1,365,862. Patented Jan. 18, 1921.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM H. STEVENS, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

SUSPEN'DERS.

Specflcation of Letters Patent.

Patented J en. 18, 1921.

Original applicatiei1 filed September 26, 1918, Seral No. 255,784. Divded and ths applicatinn filed November 10, 1919.

1'he prineipal object this invention, as

in t-he application referred to, is te provicle u eolistruetion of suspenders in which the beek strap, Which is to be secured to twe 1111t-t011s at the beek of the waistband oftl1e ii'ouseirs, es usuel, is a single length 0' preferabl v elastie fabric tlnemled tl1r0ugh a cironiieetilig member of such eonstruetion and in such lnanner that the fabrie is held substuntiull v IHIDOVIl)lG in the conneeting memle1' under oidinzuy eomlitions of use, though it iiiiy be reedily ailjustecl l:l1erein when tlxe shoulcler strep art of the suspenders of a single pieee of abric thremled tli1'0iigh the same vonneeting member in sueli munner tlmt it will lee remlily sli leble therein t0 :1ll0w im vari0us leencling movements df il1e wearer in use.

.()ther ebjeets eml aims of the inventien, mm'e 0i less bi0iii tl1an ihose steteil alieve, tegetl1e1 witl1 the adv:mtages inherent, Will l:e in part obvious and in part speeificalily 1eferre(l to in the nurse of the iollowing de- S1'llllijl0ll of the elements, eembinations, 11'- mngements 0f p:uts :m l l ppli(ltl0lls of principles eonstituting the invention; and tliescnpe"ef pieieetiiiin iolitein liiteil Will nppe:ur imm tl1e claims.

In the ((flllllllylllg (liiwing, which is 2IJ be taken :.s part of this speeification, and

in Wlll'll luwe shown u merely preferred 'inrm t embodiment of the invention, Figme 1 is 2111 elevation of u pair of suspenders e1nh0dying 1n v invention; Figr. 2 is 2111 en lergetl view in elevation illust-1rating tl1e voniiecting membe1, with the back stmp end slmulcler s iip pe1ts tlneucled tln0ugh it, lnoking at 0n.e side of the eonnecting member; Fig. 3 is a simila1 view looking at the other side of the conneeting member; Fig. 4 is a plan view of the form of connecting member; Fig. 5 is a seetional view taken on Seral NO 337,066.

tl1e line 5-5 of lig. 2; Fig. 6 is a sectional view taken en the line 6-6 of Fig. 2.

lieferring to the -numerels on the draw ings, 11 indicetes the back strep of 1 Pair of suspemlers, eomprising a single length of piefeiably elastic fabric, havin its encls f0nnecl with button-holes 12. '1 bis back stra p is lneaded t-l1rough a eenneeting memlQ/I 1.4t slmwn in detail in Fig. 4. This c0n neeting member eomprises a flat frame of suituble materiel, 2!S 'or instance n1etal 01 celluloi proviclecl at the top with two par :1llel Sluis lzi ll1(l 16, defining a cross-bar 17 between them, while 18 indicates a cross-bar Wl1l'l' eonstitutes the upper end of the 'rznne, definecl on one sde by the upper slot Below tl1e slots ancl 16 I provicle in the frame 21 pair of sl0ts 19 ancl 20, whieh liverge f10111 the bottom of the frame to- W1'd the top.

The back stmp tlneeclecl through tl1is frame as sh0wn in F igs. 1, 2 and 3. Refer- 1ing te Fig. 2, in which the parts are shown as they Will eppear when on the person, the back stmp 11 is threacled through the slet 19 f101n the inner face of the eonnecting membe1, nhenceover the enter face of (he cennecting me1nber, thenee throughthe upper slet 15 from the outer faee of the connecting member, thenee over the inner faee of the cross-bar 17 of the eonneeting n1ember, thence from the inner faee of the connecting member through the slot 16 to the 0uter faee of the connecting member, and thenee over the outer faee of the eonnecting member but 1mc ler tlie ceuise 21 of the fabrie and from the 0uter faee of the conneeting mem bei thr0ugh the second iliveiging slot 20 to the inner faee of the eonnecting member. The 1esnlt of this threeding of the fabrie, beeause of the inherent resliency of the ma teriel of which the connecting membe1 is mede, which is enhnneed by tlie menner in whieh it is sl0tted, is tl1at when 0nee tl1e beek st1ap is pleeecl in position as sh0wn in Figs. 1, 2 and 3, it is substantially ixecl in the eonnecting member under ordinery st-mins of use, it being understood of eourse t-lmt the various slots Will be of a wicltl1 pro portioned to the thiekness of the fabrie S0 that. when the fabric is thxeaclecl through the sl0ts it will not be readily slidable t-here in. The upper slot 15 of the frame is 110W- ever made somewhet wider than the parallel slot 16 because t is ntended to accommodate the shoulcler strap portlon 22 of the suspenders preferably a single length of non-elastc fabrc, whch sldes reaclly back and forth through the slot 15 in aeoordance with the varying movements of the shoulders of the wearer. This shoulcler strap portion is provicled wth the usual adjusting buckles2l in whch the ends 25 of the strap may be adjusted for length, and in the loops of the strap ends formed between the acljustng buckles 24 and the ends of the strap 22 are seeured the usual fitments 26, tl1rough wheh may be threaded the doubleended straps 27 for attaehment for buttons at l;l1e front of the trousers, all as shown in Flg. 1. The result of tl1ls construeton is that the back strap provides the neoessar; stretch and g"e to the artcle though tl1e back strap is tself immovably held in the connectng memloer; while the shoulder strap porton is readily sldalole through the conneetng member, allowng or movements o tl1e shoulders of the wearer. The movements of the shoulder strap may be acltated and wearng or chafing at the point where t sldes beneath the bar 18, be prevented by curlng over the lower edge of tl1s bar, as ndeatecl at 28 te form a wdened and rounded hearing edge.

Inasrnuoh as many changes could be made in the above constructon, and many apparently wdely different embodments of my nventon could be made without departing from the scope thereof, t is ntended that all matter contaned in the above deserpton 01 shown in the aeoompanyng drawng shall be nterpreted as llustratve and not in a lmtng sense.

It is also to be understood that the language used in the followng claims is intended t0 cover all the genere and specfio features of the nxenton heren deserloed and all statements of the scope of the inventon, which, as a matter of language, mght he said to fall therebetvveen.

I claim 1. Suspenders comprsng a coi1neoting member of flat materal hav1ng two parallel slots at the upper end and two slots at the lower end cl"ergng toward the upper end, a back strap made of a single lengtl1 of n1a teral threaded througlx one of the dverglng slots and over one 1aee of the eonneetng member though the upperrnost slot over llle opposte ace of the counectng 1ne1nber, through the seeond parallel slot and thenee through the second dvergng slot, and a shouloler strap porton sldable in the uppermost parallel slot.

2. Suspenders comprsng a substantally flat eonnectng me1nber havng two sub stantally parallel horlzontal slots at the upper end tl1ereof provding two subrlzantally horlzontal bars at sueh upper end aud two upwardly divergng slolas below said bars, a back strap passed tluough said (livergng slots aud engaged over ll1e lower bar and a shoulder strap engage l with the upper bar, tl1e upper substantially horizon tal slot beng o greater width than tl1e lower one to admt both tl1e back strap aud the shoulder strap.

3. Suspenders eonuarising a flat eonneeting member havng tally parallel horzontal slots end thereof provdng two substantially horzontal bars al; sueh upper end zuul two upwardly dvergng slots below sald bars, a back strap passed through sad (lixergiug slots and engaged over the lower b..r Ul(l shoulder strap engaged wlth il1e upper bar, the 1nateral at the edge of the llp )l' sul stantally horzontal slot being eurle l over to form a rounded bearlng surfaee fo1 t1e strap engaged therewith.

4. Suspenders comprisng a substantiall v flat connectng 1ne1nber having tw0 substantally parallel horzontal slots ut tlxe upper end thereof provding two substantall v horzontal bars at sueh upper end and ll\\"t upwardly dimrgng slots below said bars. back strap passed tl1rough sad liverglng slots and engaged over tlie lower bar and. a shoulcler strap engaged wth ll1e upper bar, the materal at the edge of one of l1e slots l3eng eurled over to form a. rounded bear- 1ng.

In testmony whereof I afllx 1ny slgnature.

WILLIAM H. STEVENS.

subslaulially two substanat the upper 

